Employee volunteering that engages your workforce and strengthens communities
Points of Light designs employee volunteer and social impact programs that help your workforce create meaningful change in their communities.
Points of Light designs employee volunteer and social impact programs that help your workforce create meaningful change in their communities.
In a single year, Points of Light and our Global Network mobilized:
3
Million
Volunteers
17
Million
Hours in Service
$650
Million +
in Community Impact
Why Choose Points of Light
Purposeful employee volunteer programs, built for growth.
We design and deliver employee volunteer programs that create real community impact. With global reach and deep local partnerships, we help you activate your workforce, strengthen culture, and demonstrate credible impact at scale.
35+ years of experience
Helping companies design and deliver employee volunteer and social impact programs at scale.
End-to-end support
From program design to multi-market volunteer events and impact reporting, we’re with you at every step.
Global reach with local expertise
Deep local relationships ensure every project meets real community needs and creates a great experience for your teams.
Purpose translated into impact
Clear goals, data and stories that show how your programs support both communities and your business.
We'll meet you where you are with both co-created and turnkey programs
Volunteer experiences designed in partnership with your team, not off the shelf.
Reinvested into communities
Every dollar invested with Points of Light is reinvested into the communities you serve.
Corporate social impact programs that align with your business and your people.
Flexible solutions to support your employee volunteer programs. Whether you’re launching something new or scaling what you already have, we can help. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Let’s design it together.
Employee activation & engagement
- Volunteer programs for employees, Employee Resource Groups, interns, and new hires.
- Team building through purpose-driven experiences
- Return-to-office volunteering experiences
- Engagement strategies for hourly and retail employees
- Volunteer champions and ambassador programs
- Days, weeks, and months of service
- Conferences, leadership meetings, and company-wide events
- End-to-end volunteer event management (in-person, virtual, and hybrid)
Program Development
- Skills-based & Pro bono Programs
- Volunteer Champion/Ambassador Programs
- Volunteer Recognition & Awards Programs
- Volunteer Grant Programs
- Volunteer Time Off Programs
- Board Service Programs
Strategy, insights & consulting
- Benchmarking and Insights Development
- Global Scaling Audits & Recommendations
Key moments
We help you design consistent, high-quality volunteer experiences tied to key moments in your employee and company calendar.
- Annual Celebrations and Culture Days
- Community Impact Festivals and Large-Scale Events
- Disaster Relief and Crisis Response
See how companies scale employee volunteering with Points of Light
Fidelity Investments – Employee Volunteering in a Hybrid World
- Designed the Fidelity Cares Month initiative with the Points of Light Global Network
- Engaged 5,100 employee volunteers across 175+ events
- Generated 10,000+ volunteer hours in 28 communities, including thousands of students reached and meals packed
Lowe’s – 100 Hometowns, 1.3M People Reached
- Delivered 100 local impact projects in just four months
- Vetted and supported grantees, processed grants, and provided training and consulting through Points of Light
- Engaged 1,800 Lowe’s employees, reached 1.3M+ people, and supported nearly 1,300 local vendors
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments – Employee Volunteering in a Hybrid World
- Designed the Fidelity Cares Month initiative with the Points of Light Global Network
- Engaged 5,100 employee volunteers across 175+ events
- Generated 10,000+ volunteer hours in 28 communities, including thousands of students reached and meals packed
Lowe's
Lowe’s – 100 Hometowns, 1.3M People Reached
- Delivered 100 local impact projects in just four months
- Vetted and supported grantees, processed grants, and provided training and consulting through Points of Light
- Engaged 1,800 Lowe’s employees, reached 1.3M+ people, and supported nearly 1,300 local vendors
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Points of Light use its funding?
Points of Light directs the majority of its funding toward program services that mobilize volunteers and strengthen communities. Rather than concentrating resources internally, funding supports a distributed impact model that invests in local nonprofits, volunteer centers, and community partners around the world. Resources are used to build capacity, deliver training, fund service initiatives, and activate employees through corporate and community partnerships.
What types of consulting services do you offer?
We provide consulting to help companies design, strengthen and scale employee volunteering. Our work includes growing participation, volunteer time off policy support, skills-based and pro bono volunteer programs, volunteer ambassador frameworks, benchmarking, volunteer recognition and grant programs, strategies to engage hourly and retail employees and more.
Do you only run volunteer events, or can you help with strategy too?
Both. Many companies engage us first for consulting and program design, then extend into ongoing employee activations and events, where we fully manage volunteer events for your team members around the world.
Can you support global offices and remote employees?
Yes. Through the Points of Light Global Network and thousands of community partners, we design in-person, virtual and hybrid opportunities that work across locations and time zones.
How do you measure and report on impact?
We co-define success metrics with you, then provide post-event and program-level summaries that include participation rates, volunteer hours, stories of impact and community outcomes.
Is Points of Light a platform?
We are not a technology platform, but rather a nonprofit partner with deep expertise in corporate social impact.
Our team works alongside your existing platform(s) to bring your initiatives to life, providing wrap-around services like program design, local expertise, community partner connections, and on-the-ground activation. And if you need support evaluating or standing up a platform, we can help there too.
Because we are familiar with many of the leading CSR and employee engagement platforms, we can support your team in creating, logging and tracking volunteer events within your existing systems.
In short, we complement your platform with the people, partnerships and purpose that make impact real.